I was at the taxidermist looking at all the trophies, and I saw a catfish getting mounted. I asked the taxi what was so special about the fish, he said it was a bullhead. It was 2 pounds short of the state record, and was 22" long.

dang thats a big bullhead. i have seen a lot bullheads and non that were that big thats awesome. i think the missouri record is only like 4 or 5 pounds i think i am not real sure tho.

thats a big one they usually average about 2 pounds

Indiana has the record though... 7lbs. One of the ponds I grew up fishing was full of 3-4 lbers... man that was fun.

They are good eating I hear... We only ever produce 12-15 inchers.

That is huge.. I caught a few nice ones about 18 inches{3 to be exact}...22" is very nice.
Thanks for sharing

only good eating if you get them in the spring.

Do you know what species of bullheads your were catching, brown, yellow or black? Just wondering because we have some black bullheads in our pond and they are pretty small but it would be nice to know if I could grow them to the 3-4 pound range with some good management.

They were Black bullheads and they actually fight pretty well when they get to that weight. I actually started catching them by accident when I was crappie fishing. When I targeted them with a little chicken liver I started catching the bigger ones.

Man, Bullheads are good eatin... I'm originally from upstate ny... We used to have huge bullhead cookouts at the gun clubs.... man I miss that...